[SOLVED] HTML Document - Tasks & Animations stop working when binding is broken
I have an HTML Document/Parameter page, created with App Studio. This is inserted into a panel on a portal page.
There is an existing hidden input tied to an existing parameter/variable. I'm trying to change the variable name.
When I do, it unbinds the variable and disables the Tasks & Animations events. The result is, the objects in the tasks no longer refresh the portal page.
I've been working on this for hours and can not find away to re-enable the T&A functionality.
Has anyone else experienced something like this and were you able to recover?
Thank you,This message has been edited. Last edited by: Don Garland,
I found that the best way to change variable names used in a parm page is to change them in the fex, using -DEFAULT, removing the associated task, and re-input the fex. This, I found, changes whatever was using the old variable.
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February 26, 2018, 08:38 AM
Don Garland
I haven't used the requests section to pull in the fex because I worried about corrupting the HTML Doc. This page is particularly painful to loose and rebuild. It's a prototype and features were added daily, so a lot of movement.
But, you are right, I try it. I hadn't thought of this as a way to recover from a crashed.
In my main fex, I changed the -DEFAULTH to -DEFAUT to enable prompting. I added the external procedure under the "Requests -> parameters" option.
The HTML page converted my existing manually created parameters (dashed lines) to externally created parameters (solid lines).
Looks like it's working as described in the manuals.
I think this post taught me that although I'm trying to create things in the GUI, I'm still holding on to old-school methods. It's time to drink the rest of the Kool-Aid
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March 05, 2018, 02:19 PM
Doug
Quote: "All is lost." ...
March 05, 2018, 02:57 PM
Don Garland
HA, ALL is not lost, it's just morphing.
The balancing act is this;
on one hand, WebFOCUS must compete with Tableau and Click View etc etc etc etc etc. which means there must be a fair amount of robust, fancy point and click, drag and drop stuff.
On the other hand, the capability to write code behind the scenes is a powerful differentiator for WebFOCUS. I believe it's always going to be there.
But will every future feature support it? I guess we will see.
